THE Senate thematic committee on Sustainable Development Goals says poverty and peer pressure is pushing school-going girls into early marriages, amid rising cases in teenage pregnancies. This comes as the Women Affairs ministry recently said at least 4 959 girls fell pregnant last year, while 1 174 cases of child marriages were recorded between January…
THE ugly divisions that are ravaging the MDC Alliance’s youth assembly are exacerbating the coalition’s deeply-set infighting, with the pact’s bigwigs and their cheerleaders now brawling openly on social media. This comes as it emerged yesterday that ongoing factional discussions on a report spotlighting the violence which rocked the alliance’s youth assembly in May this…
AUTHORITIES say they are seriously considering vaccinating children as part of a comprehensive plan to contain the deadly coronavirus disease. Speaking in the Senate last Thursday, leader of government business in the house, Ziyambi Ziyambi, also said the deaths of many children in the current third wave of Covid-19, were in part influencing the compulsory vaccination…
THE Senate thematic committee on Sustainable Development Goals says the country’s education sector is currently dogged by many challenges, which require the government’s immediate intervention. As schools across the country prepare to reopen for the second term after being closed in June, the committee said there was a shortage of learning material and infrastructure in…
THE just-ended Sadc Heads of State and Government Summit held in Malawi has commended Zimbabwe’s efforts to improve the country’s economy and reiterated its demands for the United States (US) and its allies to lift sanctions imposed on Harare. Following the conclusion of the summit yesterday, the regional bloc said it would continue to support…
IN REMARKS that are guaranteed to spark fierce political debates in a staunchly polarised Zimbabwe in the coming days, presidential spokesperson George Charamba says a heavy shellacking awaits the country’s opposition in the fast-approaching 2023 national elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday — in the wake of the comprehensive defeat of the former president of Zambia,…
AS PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa prepares to visit the United Kingdom (UK) in October for a crucial global summit, Whitehall says it is working to increase trade between Britain and Zimbabwe despite the uneasy relations between London and Harare over the past two decades. In its latest assessment of Zimbabwe’s political and economic environment, the UK…
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has effected changes in the party’s youth assembly, which has seen deputy chairperson Cecilia Chimbiri becoming the acting leader in the absence of Obey Sithole, who left the country to reportedly seek medical assistance in Norway. MDC Alliance youth assembly spokesperson Stephen Chuma told the Daily News yesterday that the party had…
NEWLY-formed Mashonaland East organisation, ME Youth Development Trust, says it seeks to empower youths and create an opportunity for them to play…
CHURCHES have renewed their push for all-inclusive national dialogue to help end the country’s decades-long political and economic crises ahead of the fast-approaching 2023 harmonised elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC), Frederick Chiromba, said they had not given up on their quest to pursue all-stakeholders talks, in…
